Medialink Captures 24 Awards For Video Production Excellence.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2001 Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (Nasdaq:MDLK), a global leader in providing multimedia solutions and services for corporations and other organizations seeking to communicate their news, announced today that since March 2001 alone the Company has won 15 awards for excellence in television and video production. The new honors bring to 24 the number of awards garnered by its video production unit this year. In addition to winning nine Telly awards According to the web site, the Telly Awards "recognize distinction in creative work," honoring outstanding local and regional television commercials and productions, as well as non-broadcast video productions. The Telly Awards were founded in 1978 by David E. this year as previously announced, Medialink has been honored with one SABRE Award, nine Videographer A person involved in the production of video material. Videographers shoot the images with a video camera (analog or digital) and may perform minimal or extensive editing of the resulting footage. Awards, three U.S. International Film and Video Festival Awards, and one award from both the WorldFest International Film and Video Festival and the American Corporate Video Awards. All but two of the awards were for production of video news releases, either for a one-time distribution to television stations, or as part of a syndicated series that Medialink produces and distributes for clients including Motorola, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. and General Motors. A video news release is the video version of a printed press release that is distributed to television newsrooms for broadcast in full or edited form. Two corporate videos also won awards, one video was for internal employee motivation and the other was produced to provide medical information to patients. The award-winning videos covered a wide range of topics, from a race on the streets of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. between Jaguar's Formula One Car and a taxi to doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the largest and oldest children's hospitals in the world. "CHOP" has been ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and Child Magazine in recent years. who separated co-joined twins to the use of Motorola's two-way text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. devices by the hearing impaired. All of the awards were presented by highly prestigious organizations: -- The SABRE Awards (Superior Achievement in Branding and Reputation) replaced the CIPRA Awards (Creativity in Public Relations Awards) and have become one of the most sought-after awards in the public relations industry. -- The Videographer Awards is a national organization that helps set standards for video production across industries, including broadcasting, advertising and communications. -- The U.S. International Film and Video Festival Awards honors the best in business, television, film, documentary, industrial and informational video productions worldwide. -- The WorldFest International Film and Video Festival recently conducted its 34th annual awards presentation in Houston for film and video produced around the world. -- American Corporate Video Awards is an international organization formed to recognize overall excellence in corporate video communications. "These awards confirm the excellence and creativity of Medialink's highly respected production team," said Medialink Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Laurence Moskowitz. "The diversity and scope of our winning entries and the number of awards from a range of prestigious professional organizations demonstrates the extraordinary talent of our producers and their ability to handle virtually any topic with unmatched skill." The Medialink video production projects honored with awards are: SABRE Awards -- Surgically Separated Twins, Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. of Philadelphia, showcased the skill of the hospital's doctors in separating co-joined twin girls. Bronze Category, Certificate of Excellence for a Video News Release. -- Note: "Technology Explained" Series, Motorola, a series focusing on technological innovation that is produced and distributed to television stations every week, was a Silver Category Finalist. Videographer Awards -- A Voice for the Hearing Impaired, Motorola, featuring the use of Motorola's two-way text messaging devices by the hearing impaired. Award of Excellence. -- Cell Phone Stress Test: The Torture Chamber, Motorola, testing the durability of cell phones. Award of Excellence. -- Jaguar R1 Meets its Match, Jaguar, a race on the streets of New York City between Jaguar's Formula One Car and a taxi. Award of Distinction. -- Nightvision, General Motors, featuring cars equipped with the same night vision technology used in the Gulf War to help drivers see better at night. Award of Distinction. -- Precision Xtra Training Tape, Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a diversified pharmaceuticals and health care company. It has over 65,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, a neighborhood of North Chicago, Illinois. , a sensitive and easy-to-follow instructional tape for patients on how to use a new blood monitoring device for diabetes. Award of Distinction. -- Protecting Government Benefits for Children, Merrill Lynch, providing tips on setting up a special needs trust for a disabled person, which allows the disabled person to draw on the trust for living expenses without risking loss of government housing and medical care due to possession of more than $2,000 in benefits. Award of Distinction. -- Surgically Separated Twins, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Award of Distinction. -- Two Against One: Couples Battling Prostate Cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. , Amgen and Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Joe Torre  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and his wife discuss howthey dealt with Joe Torre's battle with prostate cancer. Honorable Mention. -- Call to Protect, Motorola, highlighting the "Call to Protect" program, which provides thousands of used wireless phones for battered women to help them lead normal lives. Honorable Mention. U.S. International Film and Video Festival -- "Technology Explained" Series, Motorola. Third Place and Certificate of Excellence. -- Surgically Separated Twins, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Third Place and Certificate of Excellence. -- Buy.com Corporate Video, Buy.com, a corporate video to educate and motivate Buy.com's new customer service employees. Third Place and Certificate of Excellence. WorldFest International Film and Video Festival -- Precision Xtra Training, Abbott Laboratories. Silver Award. American Corporate Video Awards -- Dogs of the Dow Dogs of the Dow An investing strategy that consists of buying the 10 DJIA stocks with the highest dividend yield at the beginning of the year. The portfolio should be adjusted at the beginning of each year to include the 10 highest yielding stocks. , Merrill Lynch, an analysis on whether to invest in the ten worst performing Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance stocks. Bronze Award. About Medialink: Medialink (www.medialink.com) is a global leader in providing comprehensive and compelling multimedia communication solutions and services for more than 3,000 corporations and other organizations seeking to communicate news to their audiences through television, radio, print and the Internet. The company provides production and satellite distribution of video and audio news, multimedia webcasting services, press release newswire distribution, photography production and digital distribution, and strategic corporate communications consulting. Medialink also provides media monitoring and analysis and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most research to help clients determine return on investment from their communications efforts. Based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Medialink has 14 offices worldwide including an international hub in London. With the exception of the historical information contained in the release, the matters described herein contain certain "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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More detailed information about those factors is set forth in filings by Medialink Worldwide Incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's registration statement, most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and most recent annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . Medialink Worldwide Incorporated is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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